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IITA will lead efforts in deploying existing knowledge, human resources and capabilities to breed for resistant bananas against TR4 based on its extensive experience in banana breeding in the continent. FAO and its partners Bioversity International, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the World Banana Forum have launched a global programme requiring $98 million to contain and manage …

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The East and Central Africa (ECA) region has over 50% of its permanent cropping area under banana cultivation, which currently represents around half of the total area under banana cultivation across Africa. Read more

The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) is one of a new series of initiatives spearheaded by CGIAR to bring together the research synergies and resources of multiple agricultural research-for-development centers to improve efficiencies and increase impacts. Read more